by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
SUNY Old Westbury was awarded 21 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general studies.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, SUNY Old Westbury is ranked #1,419 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when SUNY Old Westbury held the #1,638 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
SUNY Old Westbury is also ranked #116 out of 136 schools in New York.
SUNY Old Westbury has an acceptance rate of 92%, so it is easier to gain admission to this school than some others. Still, the admissions staff will examine your application closely to make sure you're a good fit for SUNY Old Westbury.
About 12% of students accepted to SUNY Old Westbury submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 618. Math scores were between 500 and 588.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At SUNY Old Westbury, this ratio is 16 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at SUNY Old Westbury is 41%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at SUNY Old Westbury is 71%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at SUNY Old Westbury is 26%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,659 undergraduates at SUNY Old Westbury with 3,959 being full-time and 700 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $8,048 | $9,253 | $14,096 | $16,315 | $19,233 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of SUNY Old Westbury, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At SUNY Old Westbury, approximately 32% of students took out student loans averaging $4,948 a year. That adds up to $19,792 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for SUNY Old Westbury are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 223 Store Hill Rd, Old Westbury, NY 11568-0210 |
| Phone: | 516-876-3000 |
| Website: | www.oldwestbury.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Psychology | 117 | $31,000 |
| Accounting | 113 | $52,090 |
| General Biology | 84 | $33,228 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 82 | NA |
| Communication & Media Studies | 69 | $29,256 |
| Criminology | 66 | $38,764 |
| Special Education | 62 | $38,978 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 58 | $33,561 |
| Public Health | 50 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 47 | $43,204 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 2,174 students took at least one online class at SUNY Old Westbury. This is a decrease from the 2,882 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,174 | 340 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,882 | 673 |
| 2020-2021 | 5,007 | 4,353 |
| 2018-2019 | 638 | 28 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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